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Over $162,000 was awarded to match local grants to 29 organizations providing housing and/or fuel assistance to people with low incomes.
Prices have rebounded from the decline seen in late 2024. For buyers, a potential silver lining is a significant increase in days on market, suggesting properties may start out overpriced.
As volunteers were putting on the finishing touches at 75 Bacon St. in Biddeford, Mainebiz stopped by to see the progress and checked back in after the center opened.
Nathan Szanton, developer of affordable housing projects in several Maine cities, tells Mainebiz he plans to move to Colorado on June 1. Szanton Co. has had a Denver development office, headed by the owner's son, since 2022.
To find out what’s trending across the state this year, Mainebiz checked in with city officials, real estate professionals and others in the know.
From modular construction to opportunity zones to a formula to make it affordable to build middle-income housing, private developers are finding ways to build much-needed affordable and workforce housing.
Housing costs for both buyers are renters have risen higher than Maine incomes, according to the Maine State Housing Authority.
The Scarborough-based construction firm has hired Derek Converse as director of preconstruction.
The listing received serious interest from several institutional buyers. Ultimately, it went to a buyer who owns multiple BJ's locations nationwide and quickly closed the deal.
The 31,753-square-foot building is projected to have 1,600- to 5,000-square-foot retail units on the first floor and 2,400- to 10,627-square-foot offices on the second and third floors.
Nordic abandoned the land-based salmon farm project last month, after the Belfast City Council vacated an action to seize key mudflats for intake and discharge pipes.
Thirteen luxury condos will replace an apartment building at 246 Eastern Promenade, a street that has not had a new development in more than five decades.
Developer Nathan Szanton said the Picker House Lofts name honors the building’s provenance as a cotton-mill processing center.
Homeful Village is modeled after Community First! in Austin, Texas, a mix of formerly unhoused residents, intentional neighbors and services.
The project preserved the original structure and added 15 cottages and 17 spa suites with terraces. Features include custom wallpaper, furniture and fixtures.
Legacy reported a 23% increase in total sales volume over 2023, driven by a 16% growth in unit sales combined with a higher average selling price.
Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank
Fast-growing towns are trying to determine how much growth is appropriate.
Scarborough, Maine's fastest-growing town, recently turned down a proposal to create another tax increment financing district, which would have encouraged more development.
That raises the question that many towns and cities in Maine face: of how to limit growth.
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